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The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. [3] Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that distinction belonging to the bottlenose dolphin due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media.
A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and possibly extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin).
Dolphins form two families of the order cetacea (Delphinidae and Platanistoidea). Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The La Plata dolphin is the only species of the family Pontoporiidae and genus Pontoporia. These dolphins are known for their long beak in relation to their relatively small body size. They have a small geographic range and are mainly found in the waters along the east coast of South America.
It includes all modern oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and their relatives, such as Lipotidae [2] and Iniidae. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops.They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. [3] Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), and Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops erebennus).
A drawing of the offshore bottlenose dolphin (top) and the new coastal species (bottom). From Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network on Facebook.
Striped dolphin A striped dolphin in full flight Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Infraorder: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Stenella Species: S. coeruleoalba Binomial name Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen ...